Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-05
sOuTH CAROLINA.

The mountains In sight OF Greenville
| have been covered with snow during the
| past week.
! Jason Gillespie, OF Pickens, has piece
Of graphite weighing three and One-quar-
ter pounds. 1t was picked up on his
! plantation at Praters creek, in Hurri-
! cane township, and is said to be found
! there in great quantities. The specimen
is almost entirely free from grit 1t Is
! worth about SC. per pound, or S16O ton.
AS the east bound passenger train was
going at full speed on Saturday morning,
! between Beech Island and Brown Hill, q
| ne Gro boy, about 10 years of age, was
seen by Conductor McMaster and Bill,
| the cOlOred brakeman, to throw a brick
! bat at the passing train. A negro wo-
| man in the secund-class coach was heard
10 scream. The conductor promptly
pulled the bell-cOrd and stopped the
train. An investigation showed that the
missile had crashed through the car win
dow, smashing the glass, piece OF
which struck the woman who had
screamed. in the eye, making painful
wound. There was probability of the
woman losing her eye. The conductor,
brakeman and engineer gave chase to
the boy. and after a race OF several hun
dred yards caught him. AS the boy
looked so small Conductor McMaster
concluded 1t would be better TO whip him
than 10 prosecute him Tine colOred
brakeman was commissioned to do the
whipping, aud ne did it well
At Chester the court was engaged on
| Saturday in the trial OF George Harrison,
Hay Boyd and Daniel FeatherstOne, all
colored, charged with the murder OF Eli
johnson (cOlored). Nathan Crosby (co-
ored) was also indicted for participating
In the crime. but the solicitor entered
/ ~ n mn of i'm
STATES witness. The following was sub
stantially mis- sworn account of the horri-
! bic murder: "While attending a negro
| frolic one night during the last Christ
mas holidays George Harrison walked up
! to several negro men, OF whom he and
| Hay Boyd were among the number, and
asked them if Ell Johnson was at the
| frolc. The party Intercepted were not
at the time in the house, the scene OF the
frolc, but In the yard close by. The
| question was answered affirm atively. A
| private Interview then followed between
Hay Boyd and George Harrison. when
| the latter left, going up the man road,
and Ray Boyd went into the house, saw
Ell johnson, brought him out, and Eli
lett, also going up the main road, followed
shortly afterwards by Hay Boyd and
Nathan Crosby. In short time George
Harrison jumped from behind tree and
struck Eli to the ground. The latter at
tempted to rise. but Hay Boyd jumped on
him and George renewed the attack.
After The poor fellow had been unmercl-
fully beaten The assailants left bin. When
found the next morning he was in dying
condition, and lived only few hours"
Nathan Crosby's testimony was weak
ened by the fact that he was charged with
being an accomplice in the murder, and
by the additional fact that he was not
! CorrObOrated in some important particu-
lars by other witnesses The line o! de-
Tense pursued by the counsel for George
Harrison was that OF an alibi. While he
did not prove this point, he succeeded in
raising Il reasonable doubt IN the minds
of the jury which led to the acquittal
not only of George Harrison, DuC the
other defendants. There was nothing to
implicate Daniel Featherstone. and the
Judge CHARGED accordingly.